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The Nameless
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Turns out I did get engrossed in it. I'm 2 thirds of the way through it.
Gwendy's Button Box ebook $2.99 today.
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Started The Birthday World and other Stories by LeGuin. She is absolutely great. Finished the two first: Coming of Age in Karhide (a short story taking place in the same world as The Left Hand Of Darkness) and The Matter Of Seggri. Both Karhide and Seggri is worlds were the people havedifferent customs than we and she examinessome of the implications. Karhide is planet were the race inhabitating it has no obvious sex or gender. Instead they have developed a phase, called Kemmer, where their bodies change either to a male or female. Afterwards they return to their genderless state and they obviously look at earthlings as perverse because they are always in Kemmer, always sexually active and how could a society work if you could be consumed by lust at any time? From their perspective a good question. The novel deals with things that happen because they dont understand us and we dont understand them. The short story deals with the implications for a karhidian when going into his/her first Kemmer. She or He are really meaningless words to them since they only are genderspecific in a short phase of their lives, when they mate and in different Kemmerperiodsthey can be both Male and Female. The other, Seggri, is a world where there goes 16 women for every man. How would the society be affected by such a division of the sexes? The customs? LeGuin has her answer told in an interesting way. No swords, no Rayguns, no spaceship but very interesting. SF at its best. The people in her stories are different but always human despite big differences in physiology or customs.
I am fine! Doing fine.
Thank you. Currently reading A Son of the Circus, by John Irving. Six chapters in and must admit it's a challenge so far. Not sure where it's going.
I haven't read any of Irving's newer books. Nothing past Trying To Save Piggy Sneed anyway.I am fine! Doing fine.
Currently reading A Son of the Circus, by John Irving. Six chapters in and must admit it's a challenge so far. Not sure where it's going.
Circus released in '94! It is the follow-up to Owen Meany. Not sure when Piggy Sneed released.
You make me think I'm missing out! Which LeGuin novel would you suggest as a starting point?
Keep reading. That is one that was hard for me to get in to, but I ended up liking it a lot and reading it several times (sort of like The StandI am fine! Doing fine.
Currently reading A Son of the Circus, by John Irving. Six chapters in and must admit it's a challenge so far. Not sure where it's going.
).I think Piggy was published in '96, and Circus in '94.
Abandoned Fledgling, now into Children of Men and a re-read of Night Shift. Will probably have to put both of those on hold if I don't finish in a couple of days, because I'll be starting another review book (The Quiet Child). Luckily, it looks interesting!
That's what I've heard! A friend and I are doing a buddy read of it so that's keeping me going. We're both a little shocked by how quirky some of it is. Irving's prose is gorgeous as always.Keep reading. That is one that was hard for me to get in to, but I ended up liking it a lot and reading it several times (sort of like The Stand
So between '94 and '96 were my 'lost' years.......1994 is like yesterday to KRF.
I recently read Until I Find You and The Fourth Hand but I need to pick up my paperback of A Son of the Circus. I had to take a break from it for the reasons you alluded to. It is a fascinating subject but, like you said, I wasn't sure where the narrative emphasis was supposed to be. After I'm finished I will have read all of his novels except for Avenue of Mysteries, The Water Method Man, and The 158-Pound Marriage.I am fine! Doing fine.
Currently reading A Son of the Circus, by John Irving. Six chapters in and must admit it's a challenge so far. Not sure where it's going.
I'm keeping an eye out at the secondhand shops for Avenue of Mysteries. Haven't read it yet, but I'd like to.
For her SF The Left Hand Of Darkness, The Dispossessed and The Word For World Is Forest. The last of these three is more of a novella. All are very good. To taste her fantasy best the best starting point is The Earthsea trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs Of Atuan and The Farthest Shore. They are more of YA really but good YA. Its her SF thats special to me.
Mr. King recommended several books earlier this year.
16 New Books Recommended by Stephen King
One of the books, Wilde Lake, is $1.99 (ebook) today.
16 New Books Recommended by Stephen King
One of the books, Wilde Lake, is $1.99 (ebook) today.
About halfway through The Girl with All the Gifts - very good so far! It hooked me in almost immediately. (If I remember correctly, within the first 15 pages.) I haven't been reading as much and it makes me sad. Working on turning that around!
Checked out another book from the library - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. I'm sure many of you have read it because SK gave it a rave review.
Checked out another book from the library - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. I'm sure many of you have read it because SK gave it a rave review.
just picked up the latest Vince Flynn (albeit not written by him of course) Order To Kill, and the latest David Baldacci, No Man's Land paperbacks at walmart. the Baldacci is a John Puller story, so i'll be reading those two next.
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